View Full Version : Is there anything better?
withm
08-10-2010, 08:30 AM
Than a fresh homegrown thick sliced tomato sandwich on good bread with nothing but mayo, salt and pepper?
Biciclista
08-10-2010, 08:39 AM
um, maybe the tomato sans the bread? :p
bmccasland
08-10-2010, 09:30 AM
bought fresh tomatoes this morning at Farmer's Market. No mayo will ever touch them, just some salt and pepper. ;)
sjane
08-10-2010, 09:30 AM
Swap out the mayo for hummus and I'm with you. Yum!
GLC1968
08-10-2010, 09:33 AM
Swap out the mayo for hummus and I'm with you. Yum!
Ditto!
badger
08-10-2010, 09:38 AM
the BEST tomato I ever had was when I was 16 and visiting my grandparents. From their garden my grandmother picked off a softball sized tomato, and it was SOOOO good, we actually had it for breakfast. Nothing store bought even compares to it. Just tomato, maybe cracked black pepper. Definitely no mayo.
Best peach I ever had in my life was during that trip, too. Again, softball sized, and oh-so juicy and sweet.
redrhodie
08-10-2010, 09:52 AM
I also love tomato sandwiches with mayo. Tastes like summer. I don't grow my own anymore, but I get beautiful tomatoes from a farmer who sets up a stand on the side of the road, with a little old lady and her young great grand daughter working. Buying my veggies from them makes me happy. It's like going back in time.
I also love tomato sandwiches with mayo. Tastes like summer.
It reminds me of what we lived on at the beach.
Mater sammiches and corn on the cob from roadside farm stands :)
trista
08-10-2010, 10:42 AM
Than a fresh homegrown thick sliced tomato sandwich on good bread with nothing but mayo, salt and pepper?
Mmmm, I'd have to put some bacon on that.
We have tomatoes coming out our ears. They are so good.... I will miss them in the fall :(
Pedal Wench
08-10-2010, 10:54 AM
Than a fresh homegrown thick sliced tomato sandwich on good bread with nothing but mayo, salt and pepper?
I had three tomatoes with some sea salt for dinner last night, and someone asked me: where was the mayo, white bread and bacon???
:p
OakLeaf
08-10-2010, 10:56 AM
Hold the mayo.
As for sweet corn, it's grow your own or nuthin' (and mine's ready for dinner tonight :D). The sugars start turning into starch the minute it's picked.
schnitzle
08-10-2010, 12:13 PM
My dad used to eat them with mayo too. I'll take them that way or with just S&P. Thank goodness for foods from South America! I wouldn't want to live with out really nice 'maters, 'taters and chilis!
BleeckerSt_Girl
08-10-2010, 12:16 PM
Than a fresh homegrown thick sliced tomato sandwich on good bread with nothing but mayo, salt and pepper?
No, though a BLT is pretty good too.
Hummus?.....ick! lol!
Of course now I really want a tomato samwich.
OakLeaf
08-10-2010, 02:11 PM
OMG how can you not love hummus?
Chickpea, fava, black bean, white bean, you really don't like any kind?
What a deprived life you must have! :p
Hummus is good but keep it far, far away from my tomata samwhich.
Crankin
08-10-2010, 02:56 PM
I'll take my tomatoes from the farm down the street with a drizzle of olive oil, lovingly brought back from Spain in my suitcase, mozzarella, and a sprinkle of salt and pepper.
GLC1968
08-10-2010, 03:11 PM
I'll take my tomatoes from the farm down the street with a drizzle of olive oil, lovingly brought back from Spain in my suitcase, mozzarella, and a sprinkle of salt and pepper.
Mmmm, can I come over and eat with you? That sounds delicious, too!
(I'm picking tomatoes tonight...guess what I'm doing with them?!?)
I wonder how we'd see preferences if the responses were broken down by region?
BleeckerSt_Girl
08-10-2010, 04:42 PM
My husband loves hummus. i just don't like it.
Good thing he loves it though, because i have found after years of experimentation that the plastic on the bottom of the hummus containers makes THE perfect mountain dulcimer pick i have ever found to use, so every time he eats a hummus tub I get a precious new pick. :D
tzvia
08-10-2010, 07:02 PM
Hummus and tahini in a pita with tomatoes with olive oil and olive oil dip with spices. Soul food! Stuffed grape leaves with lamb! MMMMM. Middle eastern mojo like my mom and aunt used to make.
Ahh memories.
NbyNW
08-10-2010, 08:00 PM
They do this wonderful "pa amb oli" in Mallorca. It's basically a nice slab of country bread with garlic and olive oil rubbed in, fresh tomatoes, Manchego cheese and either thin-sliced or rough-cut Serrano ham, depends on who makes the snack. Garnished with big green olives and/or sweet onions.
It's a slice of heaven. I could live on that stuff for the rest of my life!
divingbiker
08-11-2010, 06:43 AM
I'm partial to peanut butter and tomato sandwiches.
I know, I know, it sounds gross. But it's reallllllly good.:D
badger
08-11-2010, 10:02 AM
I love hummus, but hard to find ones that aren't too garlicky. I sometimes just take a can of chick peas and blender it with lemon or apple cider vinegar. Nice and plain :)
OakLeaf
08-11-2010, 10:06 AM
"Too garlicky?" What is this thing of which you speak? :p
shootingstar
08-11-2010, 11:03 AM
I'm partial to peanut butter and tomato sandwiches.
I know, I know, it sounds gross. But it's reallllllly good.:D
Ok, wow.
Love tomato with goat/mozarella boccocini/brie cheese and fresh basil sandwich. However a perfectly ripe beefsteak tomato is gorgeous by itself.
I like hummus alot but if it's in a sandwich usually with some multiple types of veggies inside.
Crankin
08-11-2010, 12:31 PM
NwbyNW, please, that combination sounds to die for.
I miss the Serrano ham, but I found the 3 milk cheese, along with machengo right in the grocery store. I could live on tapas now!
"Too garlicky?" What is this thing of which you speak? :p
:D I add extra garlic
I'm partial to peanut butter and tomato sandwiches.
Pray tell, how did this start? Did you grow up poor and that's all that was in the food bank that week?
Were you stranded on top of a mountain?
We want to know.
divingbiker
08-11-2010, 04:37 PM
Pray tell, how did this start? Did you grow up poor and that's all that was in the food bank that week?
Were you stranded on top of a mountain?
We want to know.
Well, yes, I grew up poor, but there aren't any mountains in Nebraska and we didn't get food from the food bank (was there even such a thing back then?)
Not sure how it started, but my sister loves pb&tomato, too.
kmehrzad
08-11-2010, 04:58 PM
:D I add extra garlic
Zen, remind me next time we meet up to give you some of my pickled garlic. My DH puts some up every year and we have garlic that's over 9 yrs. old. The longer it's in vinegar, the sweeter and softer it gets. Nothing better than spreading it on a hunk of warm bread.
BikingNurse
08-12-2010, 03:07 PM
Than a fresh homegrown thick sliced tomato sandwich on good bread with nothing but mayo, salt and pepper?
HA! Told you we are kindred spirits!! YUMM
Catrin
08-13-2010, 02:13 AM
How about fresh tomato with fresh mozzarella and fresh spinach leaves?
Oh my, this sounds wonderful! The old fashioned tomato sandwich with nuttin' but mayo is a comfort food from childhood, for sure. What about with fresh mozzarella and fresh basil?
I love hummus. Especially MY hummus...but I am with Zen that it doesn't belong even close to my tomato sandwich.
I've a friend who loves PB, tomato and mayo sandwiches... now that just doesn't sound good but like she says, don't knock it till you try it :)
Owlie
08-13-2010, 02:45 AM
I like cheese instead of mayo with mine. A nice cheddar, especially if you add it to a BLT is a good sub, or you can forgo the bacon and use smoked cheddar...
Guess I have to go shopping today.
Owlie
08-13-2010, 12:45 PM
One of my favorite soups is an adaptation of a Brazilian dish, which likely has roots in African cuisine. The 'broth' doesn't actually involve broth at all. It's tomatoes (the juice out of a can of them), beer, and ground peanuts. I've never put them in because it's too much work to grind them up.
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